Selby Gardens

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  • Selby's Cross Country by Car

    Selby's Cross Country by Car

  • Selbys arrive in Sarasota

    Sarasota has 1,000 residents.
  • Selby's build a Spanish Style House

    Selby's build a Spanish Style House

  • Selby family buys land and builds home at Hudson Bayou and Sarasota Bay

    Selby family buys land and builds home at Hudson Bayou and Sarasota Bay

  • Marie Selby in 1939

    Marie Selby in 1939

  • William Selby establishes the William and Marie Selby Foundation

    William Selby establishes the William and Marie Selby Foundation

  • Explore Epiphytic Plants

    Explore Epiphytic Plants

  • Marie Selby passes

  • Christy Payne Mansion Purchased from Dr. and Mrs. James Paulk

    Christy Payne Mansion Purchased from Dr. and Mrs. James Paulk

    Inhabited up until 1973 and needed updating. It was purchased with the intent to be used in the gardens.
  • Organized Towards Opening up to the Public

    Organized Towards Opening up to the Public

  • Opened for the General Public (7 acres)

    Opened for the General Public (7 acres)

  • Haley is Born

    Haley is Born

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    Haley visits Selby Gardens as a Child Many Times

  • Rare Peruvian orchid is smuggled into the United States and brought to Selby Gardens

    Rare Peruvian orchid is smuggled into the United States and brought to Selby Gardens

    https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2005/03/the-case-of-the-purloined-orchid
  • Selby Gardens pleads guilty to violating international law in a plea agreement that includes a fine and full-page apology in The American Orchid Society magazine

    Selby Gardens pleads guilty to violating international law in a plea agreement that includes a fine and full-page apology in The American Orchid Society magazine

  • Rainforest Garden Opens

    Rainforest Garden Opens

  • Jennifer Rominiecki is hired as Selby president and CEO

    Jennifer Rominiecki is hired as Selby president and CEO

  • Haley gets a degree in Mathematics

    Haley gets a degree in Mathematics

  • Selby House is restored

    Selby House is restored

  • Haley & her husband get married

  • Master Plan Unvieled:

    Master Plan Unvieled:

    Master Plan

  • Haley makes candles for CGMS

  • Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phase 1

    Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phase 1

    • A new Welcome Center
    • A cutting-edge Plant Research Center that will include a state-of-the-art Herbarium and Laboratory as well as a Research Library.
    • The Living Energy Access Facility (LEAF) that will house parking, a gift shop and a garden-level restaurant -Capped with a 50,000-square-foot solar array that will make Selby Gardens the world’s first net-positive botanical garden complex.
    • LEAF adds clean rainwater to Sarasota Bay.
  • Phase 2:

    Phase 2:

    -A hurricane-resilient greenhouse complex to house the world-renowned living collections.
    -A Learning Pavilion, which will offer expanded capacity for school programs and enhance indoor and outdoor classroom space for children and adults.